Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue units found the restaurant engulfed in flames when they arrived at 3:51 a.m. The restaurant was closed at the time of the fire, and no injures were reported, according to BSO. Homes nearby

were evacuated and Griffin Road closed.

Since 1949, Tropical

Acres has stood as a relic of an era in Florida where men wore jackets

to dine and the Everglades started just west of the Florida East Coast Railway train tracks.

The restaurant was as known for the simple steaks and fried shrimp it

served up as it was for its neon sign pointing tourists west from Federal